Comoros Imports 2023
Complete list of Comoros's 65 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
$455.63M
Total imports (2023)
#197
Global import rank
65
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked
Comoros imported $455.63 million of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #197 largest importer. Goods came from 65 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 86.0% of total import value. The leading import was preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals, valued at $36.49 million — 8.0% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All import sources
65 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $110.99M | 24.36% |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | $94.76M | 20.80% |
| 3 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $54.66M | 12.00% |
| 4 | France | $30.42M | 6.68% |
| 5 | India | $26.60M | 5.84% |
| 6 | Pakistan | $25.74M | 5.65% |
| 7 | Türkiye | $20.63M | 4.53% |
| 8 | Poland | $12.18M | 2.67% |
| 9 | Brazil | $8.27M | 1.81% |
| 10 | Madagascar | $7.69M | 1.69% |
| 11 | Belgium | $7.44M | 1.63% |
| 12 | Mauritius | $6.44M | 1.41% |
| 13 | Netherlands | $6.38M | 1.40% |
| 14 | Malaysia | $6.31M | 1.39% |
| 15 | Egypt | $6.20M | 1.36% |
| 16 | Spain | $5.21M | 1.14% |
| 17 | Indonesia | $2.95M | 0.65% |
| 18 | South Africa | $2.78M | 0.61% |
| 19 | Morocco | $2.77M | 0.61% |
| 20 | Kenya | $1.87M | 0.41% |
| 21 | Canada | $1.77M | 0.39% |
| 22 | Greece | $1.75M | 0.38% |
| 23 | Oman | $1.72M | 0.38% |
| 24 | Japan | $1.06M | 0.23% |
| 25 | Singapore | $1.05M | 0.23% |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | $1.01M | 0.22% |
| 27 | USA | $944,252 | 0.21% |
| 28 | Germany | $779,284 | 0.17% |
| 29 | Thailand | $738,495 | 0.16% |
| 30 | Tunisia | $576,686 | 0.13% |
| 31 | Denmark | $511,476 | 0.11% |
| 32 | Argentina | $489,076 | 0.11% |
| 33 | Italy | $488,541 | 0.11% |
| 34 | Portugal | $472,071 | 0.10% |
| 35 | Ukraine | $244,241 | 0.05% |
| 36 | United Kingdom | $242,709 | 0.05% |
| 37 | Cyprus | $229,217 | 0.05% |
| 38 | Slovenia | $182,087 | 0.04% |
| 39 | Armenia | $158,000 | 0.03% |
| 40 | Lebanon | $151,698 | 0.03% |
| 41 | Switzerland | $133,806 | 0.03% |
| 42 | Senegal | $101,946 | 0.02% |
| 43 | New Zealand | $86,478 | 0.02% |
| 44 | Romania | $72,830 | 0.02% |
| 45 | Eswatini | $67,068 | 0.01% |
| 46 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $51,070 | 0.01% |
| 47 | Colombia | $46,491 | 0.01% |
| 48 | Austria | $40,856 | 0.01% |
| 49 | Finland | $31,998 | 0.01% |
| 50 | Latvia | $30,891 | 0.01% |
| 51 | Kuwait | $22,788 | 0.01% |
| 52 | Uganda | $20,847 | 0.00% |
| 53 | Sweden | $20,638 | 0.00% |
| 54 | Liberia | $14,400 | 0.00% |
| 55 | Hungary | $7,544 | 0.00% |
| 56 | Bulgaria | $6,174 | 0.00% |
| 57 | Ireland | $5,947 | 0.00% |
| 58 | Czechia | $2,840 | 0.00% |
| 59 | Other Asia, nes | $2,532 | 0.00% |
| 60 | Australia | $2,531 | 0.00% |
| 61 | Angola | $1,838 | 0.00% |
| 62 | Mauritania | $1,391 | 0.00% |
| 63 | Rep. of Moldova | $851 | 0.00% |
| 64 | Ethiopia | $378 | 0.00% |
| 65 | Côte d'Ivoire | $330 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $36.49M | 8.01% |
| 2 | 100630 | Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $29.54M | 6.48% |
| 3 | 020714 | Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $27.34M | 6.00% |
| 4 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $25.83M | 5.67% |
| 5 | 848790 | Machinery parts: not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, n.e.c. in chapter 84, other than ships' or boats' propellers and blades therefor | $23.17M | 5.08% |
| 6 | 220110 | Waters: mineral and aerated, including natural or artificial, (not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured) | $21.27M | 4.67% |
| 7 | 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $7.76M | 1.70% |
| 8 | 252329 | Cement: portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured | $6.99M | 1.53% |
| 9 | 170199 | Sugars: sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $6.96M | 1.53% |
| 10 | 110100 | Wheat or meslin flour | $6.32M | 1.39% |
| 11 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $6.03M | 1.32% |
| 12 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $5.85M | 1.29% |
| 13 | 690490 | Ceramic flooring blocks, supports or filler tiles and the like (excluding building bricks) | $5.26M | 1.15% |
| 14 | 940360 | Furniture: wooden, other than for office, kitchen or bedroom use | $5.23M | 1.15% |
| 15 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $5.18M | 1.14% |
| 16 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $4.71M | 1.03% |
| 17 | 010511 | Poultry: live, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, weighing not more than 185g | $4.54M | 1.00% |
| 18 | 961900 | Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar articles, of any material | $4.51M | 0.99% |
| 19 | 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308 | $3.77M | 0.83% |
| 20 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $3.61M | 0.79% |
| 21 | 160413 | Fish preparations: sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, prepared or preserved, whole or in pieces (but not minced) | $3.48M | 0.76% |
| 22 | 520852 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, printed, plain weave, weighing more than 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2 | $3.40M | 0.75% |
| 23 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $3.28M | 0.72% |
| 24 | 340119 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, not for toilet use | $3.01M | 0.66% |
| 25 | 940390 | Furniture: parts | $2.95M | 0.65% |
| 26 | 190190 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for uses n.e.c. in heading no. 1901 | $2.94M | 0.65% |
| 27 | 870321 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity not over 1000cc | $2.89M | 0.64% |
| 28 | 721041 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, corrugated, plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $2.56M | 0.56% |
| 29 | 730810 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, bridges and bridge-sections | $2.44M | 0.54% |
| 30 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $2.36M | 0.52% |
| 31 | 200290 | Vegetable preparations: tomatoes, (other than whole or in pieces), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid | $2.34M | 0.51% |
| 32 | 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system" | $2.34M | 0.51% |
| 33 | 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $2.23M | 0.49% |
| 34 | 691110 | Tableware and kitchenware: of porcelain or china | $2.14M | 0.47% |
| 35 | 392490 | Plastics: household articles and hygienic or toilet articles | $2.11M | 0.46% |
| 36 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $2.07M | 0.45% |
| 37 | 190110 | Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale | $1.96M | 0.43% |
| 38 | 940389 | Furniture: of cane, osier, or similar materials (other than bamboo or rattan) | $1.93M | 0.42% |
| 39 | 691190 | Household and toilet articles: n.e.c. in heading no. 6911, of porcelain or china | $1.90M | 0.42% |
| 40 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $1.52M | 0.33% |
| 41 | 940320 | Furniture: metal, other than for office use | $1.51M | 0.33% |
| 42 | 190531 | Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $1.48M | 0.33% |
| 43 | 040221 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $1.43M | 0.31% |
| 44 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $1.42M | 0.31% |
| 45 | 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $1.38M | 0.30% |
| 46 | 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $1.37M | 0.30% |
| 47 | 940171 | Seats: with metal frames, upholstered, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture) | $1.36M | 0.30% |
| 48 | 870332 | Vehicles: with only compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 2500cc | $1.24M | 0.27% |
| 49 | 761090 | Aluminium: structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, n.e.c. in heading no. 7610, plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like | $1.22M | 0.27% |
| 50 | 160232 | Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $1.22M | 0.27% |
| 51 | 870193 | Tractors: n.e.c. in heading no 8701 (other than tractors of heading no 8709): of an engine power exceeding 37kW but not exceeding 75kW | $1.17M | 0.26% |
| 52 | 871410 | Motorcycles (including mopeds): parts and accessories | $1.14M | 0.25% |
| 53 | 620442 | Dresses: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $1.13M | 0.25% |
| 54 | 460290 | Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles: of non-vegetable materials, made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from goods of heading no. 4601 | $1.10M | 0.24% |
| 55 | 300220 | Vaccines: for human medicine | $1.10M | 0.24% |
| 56 | 690723 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 10% | $1.09M | 0.24% |
| 57 | 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $1.08M | 0.24% |
| 58 | 691010 | Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures: of porcelain or china | $1.08M | 0.24% |
| 59 | 040120 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% | $1.06M | 0.23% |
| 60 | 392330 | Plastics: carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles, for the conveyance or packing of goods | $1.05M | 0.23% |
| 61 | 170490 | Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $1.04M | 0.23% |
| 62 | 870324 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 3000cc | $1.03M | 0.23% |
| 63 | 731700 | Iron or steel: nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper | $1.03M | 0.23% |
| 64 | 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405 | $1.02M | 0.22% |
| 65 | 840721 | Engines: outboard motors for marine propulsion, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines | $1.01M | 0.22% |
| 66 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $990,110 | 0.22% |
| 67 | 520851 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of cotton, printed, plain weave, weighing not more than 100g/m2 | $983,178 | 0.22% |
| 68 | 732393 | Steel, stainless: table, kitchen and other household articles and parts thereof | $970,203 | 0.21% |
| 69 | 282612 | Fluorides: of aluminium | $969,296 | 0.21% |
| 70 | 070310 | Vegetables, alliaceous: onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | $965,975 | 0.21% |
| 71 | 850720 | Electric accumulators: lead-acid, (other than for starting piston engines), including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $961,494 | 0.21% |
| 72 | 847150 | Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $957,494 | 0.21% |
| 73 | 761010 | Aluminium: structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading no. 9406) and parts of structures, doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors | $952,863 | 0.21% |
| 74 | 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $945,109 | 0.21% |
| 75 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $914,777 | 0.20% |
| 76 | 690722 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight over 0.5% but not over 10% | $912,913 | 0.20% |
| 77 | 842121 | Machinery: for filtering or purifying water | $874,186 | 0.19% |
| 78 | 730661 | Iron or steel (excluding cast iron): tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (not seamless), welded, of square or rectangular cross-section, n.e.c. in chapter 73 | $872,582 | 0.19% |
| 79 | 441233 | Plywood: with sheets of wood only: not bamboo: each ply 6mm or less, with at least one outer ply of alder, ash, beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, elm, eucalyptus, hickory, horse chestnut, lime, maple, oak, plane, poplar, aspen, robinia, tulipwood or walnut | $869,116 | 0.19% |
| 80 | 340111 | Soap and organic surface-active products: in the form of bars, cakes, moulded shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use (including medicated products) | $849,264 | 0.19% |
| 81 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $844,420 | 0.19% |
| 82 | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $827,481 | 0.18% |
| 83 | 830241 | Mountings, fittings and similar articles: of base metal, suitable for buildings | $802,882 | 0.18% |
| 84 | 240319 | Tobacco: smoking, other than water pipe tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion | $785,929 | 0.17% |
| 85 | 482390 | Paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres: articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4823 | $779,393 | 0.17% |
| 86 | 841869 | Refrigerating or freezing equipment: n.e.c. in heading no. 8418 | $776,747 | 0.17% |
| 87 | 690600 | Ceramic pipes, conduits, guttering and pipe fittings | $770,256 | 0.17% |
| 88 | 540761 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $769,942 | 0.17% |
| 89 | 854470 | Insulated electric conductors: optical fibre cables | $717,780 | 0.16% |
| 90 | 690721 | Ceramic tiles: flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles other than those of subheadings 6907.30 and 6907.40, of a water absorption coefficient by weight not over 0.5% | $711,904 | 0.16% |
| 91 | 843149 | Machinery: parts of machines handling earth, minerals or ores and n.e.c. in heading no. 8431 | $703,853 | 0.15% |
| 92 | 180631 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars, filled, weighing 2kg or less | $703,066 | 0.15% |
| 93 | 721499 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, n.e.c. in heading no. 7214, other than of rectangular cross-section | $684,046 | 0.15% |
| 94 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $668,227 | 0.15% |
| 95 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $668,101 | 0.15% |
| 96 | 630900 | Clothing: worn, and other worn articles | $667,754 | 0.15% |
| 97 | 640220 | Footwear: with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by plugs | $666,721 | 0.15% |
| 98 | 420212 | Cases and containers: trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials | $660,491 | 0.14% |
| 99 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $659,646 | 0.14% |
| 100 | 620342 | Trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts: men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $654,258 | 0.14% |